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. 2022 Jun 16;201(5):2341–2354. doi: 10.1007/s12011-022-03318-z

Table 2.

Growth performance and feed conversion ratio among the treated groups

Parameters	Body weight changes				Daily feed intake (g DM/head)
Treatments (n = 6/group)	Initial BW (kg)	Final BW (kg)	Total gain (kg/head)	Average daily gain (g/head/day)	Concentrate mixture	Roughages	Total DM intake/head/day	FCR (kg DM/kg gain)
Control	34.5^a ± 1.8	43.87^a ± 1.67	9.37^ab ± 0.28	156.11^ab ± 4.73	877.33^a ± 33.47	658^a ± 25.1	1535.33^a ± 58.57	9.9^d ± 0.55
Nanno	32.5^a ± 3.31	42.64^a ± 3.13	10.14^a ± 0.5	169.06^a ± 8.37	852.87^a ± 62.62	639.65^a ± 46.96	1492.52^a ± 109.58	8.99^d ± 0.88
Cd	34.67^a ± 4.58	39.55^a ± 3.94	4.89^d ± 0.66	81.44^d ± 11.05	791.07^a ± 78.78	593.3^a ± 59.08	1384.37 ^a ± 137.86	19.69^ab ± 4.15
Pb	32.33^a ± 3.41	37.34^a ± 3.03	5.01^d ± 0.49	83.5^d ± 8.14	746.87^a ± 60.54	560.15^a ± 45.41	1307.02^a ± 105.95	16.92^bc ± 2.81
Nanno + Cd	34.33^a ± 4.05	41.88^a ± 3.94	7.54^c ± 0.97	125.72^c ± 16.2	837.53^a ± 78.88	628.15^a ± 59.16	1465.68^a ± 138.04	12.93^cd ± 2.14
Nanno + Pb	33.42^a ± 2.29	41.1^a ± 2.21	7.68^bc ± 0.52	128.06^bc ± 8.7	822^a ± 44.13	616.5^a ± 33.1	1438.5^a ± 77.23	11.47^cd ± 0.9

Differences between means within the same column having different superscript letters are statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05)

BW body weight, DM dry matter, FCR feed conversion ratio